Pad structure for female brassiere cups

ABSTRACT

An improved pad structure for female brassiere cups includes a disc body and a plurality of fins on one side, and a heat-dissipating gap with an appropriate width is maintained between fins, such that the present invention not only reduces weight and provides better breathing effect, but also gives a good tenacity to the fins; further, when the top of the pad structure is compressed, the body has a rebounding force for sustaining the pressure and further provides an elastic rebounding effect for a rhythmic back and forth movement.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an improved pad structure for femalebrassiere cups, more particularly to a pad structure featuring arhythmic massaging effect, a breathable and soft touch feeling to thebreasts of a female, and such pad structure can be placed into abrassiere cup without the risk of being broken easily during itsproduction as to reduce the defective rate or detachably dispose the padstructure in a brassiere cup to provide better use as well as easiermanufacture.

2. Description of the Related Art

To enhance the bust line, show the figure, or support female breasts, aconventional brassiere usually comes with a pad at the lower edge of thelining of a brassiere cup, and a foam pad was generally adopted at earlystage. Since the volume of the foam pad can be compressed and reduced bya pressure and the foam pad has the disadvantages of being deterioratedeasily and not durable for its laundry, therefore a silicon gel pad wasintroduced to replace the foam pad. However, silicon gel is expansive,not easy to manufacture, and not light at all. Therefore, the design ofa sack pad is developed in recent years, and the general sack pad isdivided into two types: an airbag and a liquid bag. Regardless of theairbag or the liquid bag of the sack pad, a high temperature for thehot-press molding process is needed for the production of brassierecups. If the airbag or liquid bag is slightly shifted, it will cause adeformation or a leakage of air or water easily. If the airbag or liquidbag is broken, a very high defective rate will result in itsmanufacture. Of course, if the airbag or liquid bag is sewed into thebrassiere cup, the airbag or a liquid bag may be pierced easily and willcause the foregoing leakage of air or liquid, which constitutes themajor shortcoming of the prior art.

Further, since the prior-art airbag or liquid bag is badly ventilatedand designed inside the brassiere cup or at the lower edge of thebrassiere cup for supporting female breasts, the pad structure of thissort usually makes a wearer allergic to sweats and uncomfortable andsuch arrangement is also unsanitary, which constitutes anothershortcoming of the prior art.

Furthermore, the airbag is very light and lacks the sense of reality,while the liquid bag is very heavy. Therefore, these prior-art pads arenot good enough to be used as a pad structure for the brassiere cups anddefinitely require improvements.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present invention to adoptan elastomer as the basic material, preferably a silicon gel, for thepad structure which comprises a disc body, a plurality of fins beingdisposed on at least one side of the disc body, and a heat-dissipatinggap being kept between the fins, not only reducing the weight andproviding better breathing, but also giving good tenacity to the fins,so that when the top of the pad structure is compressed, the body has arebounding force for sustaining the pressure and further provides anelastic rebounding effect for a rhythmic back and forth movement whichprovides a massaging effect and a very soft touch feeling.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective sectional view of the pad structure according toa first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pad structure according to a secondpreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the pad structure according to a third preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the pad structure according to a fourthpreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective sectional view of the pad structure according toa fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective sectional view of the pad structure according toa sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the pad structure having the heatdispersing advantage according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional view of the pad structure according to aseventh preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

To make it easier for our examiner to further understand the technicalcontents of the present invention, a detail description accompanied withdrawings are given as follows:

Several embodiments of the present invention are illustrated in FIGS. 1to 8. However the invention is not intended to be limited to theforegoing embodiments and their related drawings. The present inventionis mainly an integral elastomer structure preferably made of a silicongel with an excellent soft-touch texture, and the pad structure inaccordance with the present invention is described as follows:

Please refer to FIG. 1 for the first preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, which comprises: a disc body 11, and the disc body 11 couldbe in any appropriate shape and this embodiment adopts an elliptic shapefor the disc body; a plurality of fins 12 being disposed on a side ofthe body 11, and a gap with an appropriate width being reserved betweenthe fins 12, and the fins 12 have a specified tenacity, such that whenits top is compressed, the fins 12 has a rebounding force for sustainingthe pressure and also has an elastic rebounding effect for the rhythmicback and forth movements as to give different rhythmic effects by theforces from different directions. If the directions of the rhythmicmovements of the fins 12 are taken into consideration, then the fins 12is preferably designed at the position parallel to the minor axis of theelliptic body 11.

Please refer to FIG. 2 for another preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, which comprises an elastic body 21, a plurality of fins 22being disposed on the body 21 and having an appropriate gap 23, butunlike FIG. 1, the positions of the fins 22 are parallel to the majoraxis of the elliptic body 21, so that the fins 22 can produce differentdirections for the rhythmic movements due to their installation anglesand directions.

Please refer to FIG. 3 for a further preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, which comprises an elastic body 31, and a plurality of fins32 being disposed on the body 31 and having an appropriate gap 33.However, if longer fins 32 are provided to improve their tenacity, aplurality of connecting ribs 34 should be installed between the fins 32,such that the top view of the intersection of the fins 32 and theconnecting ribs 34 shows a grid form.

Please refer to FIG. 4. The fins 42 and the connecting ribs 44 disposedon the elastic body 41 are intersected with each other with a specifiedgradient, so that the gaps 43 have different rhythmic effects due tosuch gradient.

Please refer to FIG. 5. A circular body is formed around the externalperiphery of the bottom of the elastic body 51, and a plurality of fins52 is coupled onto the circular body 51, and the fins have a specifiedgap 53 from each other. Since the fins 52 are built on the circular body51, therefore a hollow section 54 is defined inside the body 51 toconstitute a better heat dissipating depth and provide better breathingeffect.

Please refer to FIG. 6. A disc body 61 is provided, and a plurality offins having an appropriate gap 63 from each other is disposed on oneside of the body 61, and at least one penetrating hole 64 is disposed atthe position of the gap 63 on the body 61 for improving the breathingeffect. The shape and quantity of the penetrating holes vary accordingto the actual needs.

Please refer to FIG. 8. A disc body 71 is provided, and a plurality offins 72 having an appropriate gap 73 from each other is disposed on oneside of the body 71. To make the overall structure easier to grip andkeep it sanitary, the surface of the pad structure further comprises awrapping layer 74, which is preferably a tough thin film.

Please refer to FIG. 7 for a preferred embodiment as depicted in FIG. 2.For simplicity, the pad structure of the present invention is disposedunder the brassiere cup 90 (or directly in the brassiere cup) forsupporting female breasts 80. If the weather is hot and the hot air isproduced on the wearer's skin, then the hot airflow can be dispersedfrom the gap 23 between the fins 22 to the outside, and makes it morecomfortable for wearing such brassieres.

Since the pad structure in accordance with the present invention isspecially designed for female brassieres, its application has thefollowing advantages:

-   -   1. The present invention relates to an elastomer having a disc        body or a circular body and a plurality of fins with a specified        gap between each other. Besides having a rebounding force for        sustaining the pressure, the fins per se also has a rebounding        force for the back-and-forth rhythmic movements. Thus, its use        comes with a massaging effect and gives a good soft touch        feeling for the wearer's skin.    -   2. As to the vertical direction, the body could have certain        holes; as to the horizontal direction, the fins have certain        gaps. Both of these holes and gaps facilitate the dissipation of        the hot air, so that the wearers do not get infected or        uncomfortable due to the sweats produced on their skin.    -   3. The material of an elastomer is adopted, and thus the pad        structure will not be deformed or broken easily, regardless of        its being hot pressed or sewed into the brassiere cup or the        brassiere, as to greatly lower the defective rate and makes the        pad structure very durable.    -   4. The fins are located at any position of the body, and can be        arranged at any angle as needed for supporting the wearer's        breasts and fitting the wearer better for its application.

With the positive attitude for unceasingly making improvements, theinventor of the present invention conducted extensive research anddevelopment and finally invented the pad structure of the presentinvention with the aforementioned advantages and further complies withthe patent application requirements and is submitted to the Patent andTrademark Office for review and granting of the commensurate patentrights.

1. A pad structure for female brassiere cups, comprising: a disc bodyhaving a planar surface and a convex surface; a plurality of fins, beingdisposed on at least said convex surface of said disc body; and a gap,having an appropriate width and being disposed between said fins;thereby said fins have a specified tenacity when the convex surface ispressed, and said fins have a resiliency for sustaining a shape andhaving an elastic effect for a rhythmic movement.
 2. The pad structurefor female brassiere cups of claim 1, wherein said disc body is ellipticin shape.
 3. The pad structure for female brassiere cups of claim 1,wherein said fins are disposed on said disc body at any angle.
 4. Thepad structure for female brassiere cups of claim 1 further comprising aplurality of connecting ribs disposed between said fins.
 5. The padstructure for female brassiere cups of claim 1, wherein said disc bodyis a circular body and said plurality of fins having a specified gapbetween said fins is disposed on said circular disc body to define adisc body, and said disc body is hollow in a middle of said planarsurface.
 6. The pad structure for female brassiere cups of claim 1,wherein said disc body has a breathing hole extending through said discbody disposed at the position corresponding to said gap between saidfins.
 7. The pad structure for female brassiere cups of claim 1, whereinsaid disc body has a wrapping layer along its outer surface.
 8. The padstructure for female brassiere cups of claim 7, wherein said wrappinglayer is a tough thin film.